Special report drugging america. Tonight we focus on two kinds of patients. Veterans and the elderly, who are especially vulnerable to the practice of bad medicine. Those of us who have had to parent our parents, fear that they will live out their final days in a drug stupor. Whats worse, evidence that many Nursing Homes use strong antiscottics on elderly dementia patients a full decade after they were first warned not to. In an exclusive investigation, america tonights Sheila Macvicar found the results can be catastrophic. Heres dad right after surgery. Patrice gillgen captured this with her father, jerry gillgen. Went by ambulance to an assisted living facility south of los angeles. How you feeling . Well, just a little bright. Jerry gillgen also suffered from dementia and accompanying bouts of confusion. But in the first day in his facility his family said he was alert and lucid. Daddy . Dad . Just one day later. Patrice gillgen found a very different man. Hes not waking up. Im like
Received antiscottics. Daddy, come on wake up. Is not waking up. Im like what the heck happened to my father. What happened, why is he not waking up. Thanks for joining us for a special report drugging america. Tonight we focus on two kinds of patients. Veterans and the elderly, who are especially vulnerable to the practice of bad medicine. Those of us who have had to parent our parents, fear that they will live out their final days in a drug stupor. Whats worse, evidence that many Nursing Homes use strong antiscottics on elderly dementia patients a full decade after they were first warned not to. In an exclusive investigation, america tonights Sheila Macvicar found the results can be catastrophic. Heres dad right after surgery. Patrice gillgen captured this with her father, jerry gillgen. Went by ambulance to an assisted living facility south of los angeles. How you feeling . Well, just a little bright. Jerry gillgen also suffered from dementia and accompanying bouts of confusion. But
Daddy, come on wake up. Is not waking up. Im like what the heck happened to my father. What happened, why is he not waking up. Thanks for joining us for a special report drugging america. Tonight we focus on two kinds of patients. Veterans and the elderly, who are especially vulnerable to the practice of bad medicine. Those of us who have had to parent our parents, fear that they will live out their final days in a drug stupor. Whats worse, evidence that many Nursing Homes use strong antiscottics on elderly dementia patients a full decade after they were first warned not to. In an exclusive investigation, america tonights Sheila Macvicar found the results can be catastrophic. Heres dad right after surgery. Patrice gillgen captured this with her father, jerry gillgen. Went by ambulance to an assisted living facility south of los angeles. How you feeling . Well, just a little bright. Jerry gillgen also suffered from dementia and accompanying bouts of confusion. But in the first day in hi
Dementia received antiscottics. Daddy, come on wake up. Is not waking up. Im like what the heck happened to my father. What happened, why is he not waking up. Thanks for joining us for a special report drugging america. Tonight we focus on two kinds of patients. Veterans and the elderly, who are especially vulnerable to the practice of bad medicine. Those of us who have had to parent our parents, fear that they will live out their final days in a drug stupor. Whats worse, evidence that many Nursing Homes use strong antiscottics on elderly dementia patients a full decade after they were first warned not to. In an exclusive investigation, america tonights Sheila Macvicar found the results can be catastrophic. Heres dad right after surgery. Patrice gillgen captured this with her father, jerry gillgen. Went by ambulance to an assisted living facility south of los angeles. How you feeling . Well, just a little bright. Jerry gillgen also suffered from dementia and accompanying bouts of confu
Home residents with dementia received antiscottics. Daddy, come on wake up. Is not waking up. Im like what the heck happened to my father. What happened, why is he not waking up. Thanks for joining us for a special report drugging, america. Tonight we focus on two kinds of patients. Veterans and the elderly, who are especially vulnerable to the practice of bad medicine. Those of us who have had to parent our parents fear that they will live out their final days in a drug stupor. Whats worse evidence that many Nursing Homes use strong antiscottics on elderly dementia patients a full decade after they were first warned not to. In an exclusive investigation america tonights Sheila Macvicar found the results can be catastrophic. Heres dad right after surgery. Patrice gillgen captured this with her father, jerry gillgen. Went by ambulance to an assisted living facility south of los angeles. How you feeling . Well, just a little bright. Jerry gillgen also suffered from dementia and accompany